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Baron Zemo

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Helmut Zemo is thc son of Barnu Heinrich Zemo. a Nazi scientist during World Wtir II who designed super weapons. Heinrich Zemo was working on a glue.“Adhesive X." that could never be dissohed, hoping lt could be used to immobilize Allied troops. Captain America broke into his lab and, in the fight, Cap s shield shattered the vat containing the adhesive and Zemos mask was glued to his head

MASTER OF EVIL

Zemo later went to London to stcal an experimental drone piane. Captain America and Im tecnage partner Bncky Barni-s attempted to stop him, but Bucky was killed and Captain America was flung into the ocean, wherc he tell into a State ot suspended annnation. W hen the Mazis lost the war. Zemo fled to the jungles of South America where he conquctcd a smali kingdom. Decades later, he came out of hiding atter learnmg that ( jptain America had bccn rcvived by the Aeengers. Zemo formed the tiist Masilrs of Evu and Liter transformed Simon Williams tncoWoNDFR M an.Ihu tailed in all his attempts to destroy the Avcngers I Ie was accidentalK crushcd by a landslidc during a batrle \uth Captain America.

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Helmut Zemo OCCUPATtON Criminal entrepreneur BASE

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FIRST APPEARANCE

Captain Amenca #168 (June 1971)

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FROM VILLAIN TO HERO

The Baron s son Helmut vowed to get rewnge on Cap. Calling himsell PI»oemx, he attempted to drown Cap and his partner Fau on in a Isoiling vat ot*Adhesiee X. The searing hc]Uid splashcd I Idmut. horribly scarring his face and gnnng u the appearance of mclted \vax. Zemo then sent an army ofniucates after Cap and attempted to locarc the fiw fragments of the Bloodstone hoping to restore his father to lite Zemo also orgamzed a ncw Masters of F.vil and imaded Avengers Mansion.

When the Awngers tcmporarily disappeared from tlns realitv. Zemo gathered his Masters of Evil.They became thc Tl iuntjlrbolis. Super Villains

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I lełmut assumed the identity of Citizen V, a British costumcd horo murdered by the original Baron Zemo.

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Howwer, likc most of thc Thimdeibolts team, Zemo sccmcd to grow into the role of bcing a rcjl hero and now claims that he just wants to protect the Earth. td

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